{"id":26903,"date":"2024-07-08T14:29:17","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T18:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fredjdevito.com\/streetscene\/?p=26903"},"modified":"2025-01-24T01:04:28","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T06:04:28","slug":"behind-the-velvet-robe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fredjdevito.com\/streetscene\/behind-the-velvet-robe\/","title":{"rendered":"Behind the Velvet Robe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1350\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 2064 \/ 1350;\" width=\"2064\" controls src=\"https:\/\/fredjdevito.com\/streetscene\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0856-9432-4921-bd93-a212fb779dd2.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Scene: In March. I did a post on social media and Sandra Smith-Doghmi, Founder and Publisher, Red the Luxury Life magazine contacted me saying &#8220;I love the photo of you and your wife in front of the neon and would like to do a story about it&#8221;. Sure, I said. I gathered photographs, wrote the copy, and designed the spreads. She then asked me to be part of the team as Executive Producer and Editor at Large for Red.<br>The photo mentioned was from Studio 54: Night Magic at the Brooklyn Museum as we were entering the Opening Ceremony event.<br>I was invited to Studio 54 Radio SiriusXM with Myra Scheer, former Executive Assistant to Studio 54 co-owner Steve Rubell, and Marc Benecke, former Studio 54 Doorman, on the Marc and Myra show. I surprised them with my ad for Studio 54 Jeans I art directed at Bloomingdale&#8217;s.<br>A few days later Myra introduced me to Matthew Yokobosky, Senior Curator of Fashion and Material Culture, Brooklyn Museum, because he was curating the Studio 54: Night Magic exhibit. Matthew included a handful of our archives in the show. <br>The photos in the reel include my captures of our archives, the exhibit, and guests. First page original photo by Robin Platzerat, 1977. 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